List of Major Awards and Honorary Conferments Received
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Date |
Name of the Award |
Awarded by |
Country |
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April 14, 2008 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
University of Washington, Seattle |
U.S.A. |
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Oct. 22, 2007 |
Presidential Distinguished Professor |
Emory University, Atlanta |
U.S.A. |
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October 17, 2007 |
U.S. Congressional Gold Medal |
U.S. Congress, Washington |
U.S.A. |
|
October 8, 2007 |
Ahimsa Award |
Institute of Jainology, London |
U.K. |
|
September 20, 2007 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
University of Muenster, Muenster |
Germany |
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June 8, 2007 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
Southern Cross University, Melbourne |
Australia |
|
May 12, 2007 |
BILD Award |
BILD Magazine, Germany |
Germany |
|
May 9, 2007 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
Smith College, Northampton |
U.S.A. |
|
December 10, 2006 |
Order of the White Lotus |
Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation |
Kalmykia |
|
October 14, 2006 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
University of Rome 3, Rome |
Italy |
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September 19, 2006 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
University of Buffalo, New York |
U.S.A. |
|
September 9, 2006 |
Honorary Citizenship |
Canada |
Canada |
|
May 4, 2006 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
University of Santiago, Santiago |
Chile |
|
February 16, 2006 |
Ben Gurion Negev Award |
Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva |
Israel |
|
November 6, 2005 |
Inspiration & Compassion Award |
American Himalayan Foundation, San Francisco |
U.S.A. |
|
September 25, 2005 |
Doctor Honoris Causa |
Rutgers University, New Jersy |
U.S.A. |
|
August 12, 2005 |
Manhae Peace Prize |
Manhae Foundation |
South Korea |
|
July 27, 2005 |
Hessian Peace Prize |
Parliament of Hesse, Wiesbaden |
Germany |
| October 7, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City | Mexico |
| October 5, 2004 | The Gold Medal | National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City | Mexico |
| September 27, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Costa Rica, San Jose | Costa Rica |
| September 24, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Puerto Rico, San Juan | Puerto Rico (U.S.A.) |
| September 23, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Miami | U.S.A. |
| September 18, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Nova Southeastern University, Miami | U.S.A. |
| May 28, 2004 | Humphreys Memorial Award for Services to Buddhism | Buddhist Society of U.K. | U.K. |
| April 27, 2004 | International Acharya Sushil Kumar Peace Award | University of Toronto | Canada |
| April 27, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Toronto | Canada |
| April 20, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Simon Fraser University, Vancouver | Canada |
| April 19, 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Univerisity Of British Columbia, Vancouver | Canada |
| April 16, 2004 | 2nd Citizens Peace Building Award | University of California, Irvine | U.S.A. |
| October 9, 2003 | Award for Promotion of Human Rights | Foundation Jaime Brunet, Madrid | Spain |
| September 19, 2003 | Human Right Award | International League for Human Rights, New York | U.S.A. |
| September 5, 2003 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of San Francisco | U.S.A. |
| June 3, 2003 | Manfred Bjorkquist Medal | Sigtuna Foundation, Stockholm | Sweden |
| December 5, 2002 | Basavashree Award | Basavakendra, Sri Murugha Math, Chitradurga | India |
| November 7, 2002 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Mongolian University of Science & Technology | Mongolia |
| November 7, 2002 | Doctor Honoris Causa | National University of Mongolia | Mongolia |
| October 14, 2002 | Human Rights Prize | University of Graz | Austria |
| July 6, 2002 | Man of the Year | Croatian Academic Society | Croatia |
| May 21, 2002 | Peace Award 2000 | UN Association of Australia | Australia |
| December 5, 2001 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Tromso | Norway |
| November 26, 2001 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Lusiada Porto | Portugal |
| June 10, 2001 | Ecce homo Order | Kancelaria Kapituly Orderu | Poland |
| October 16, 2000 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Comenius University, Bratislava | Slovakia |
| December 12, 1999 | Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Award for International Peace & Harmony | Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Charitable Trust | India |
| November 24, 1999 | Life Time Achievement Award | Hadassah Women's Zionist | Israel |
| October 12, 1999 | Boddhi Award | American Buddhist Congress | U.S.A. |
| April 16, 1999 | Doctor of Theology | Florida International University | U.S.A. |
| April 9, 1999 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| April 7, 1999 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Brasilla | Brazil |
| November 11, 1998 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Seton Hill College, Greensburg | U.S.A. |
| May 15, 1998 | Doctor of Laws | University of Wisconsin, Madison | U.S.A. |
| May 11, 1998 | Doctor of Divinity | Emory University, Atlanta | U.S.A. |
| May 8, 1998 | Doctor of Humane Letters | Brandeis University, Boston | U.S.A. |
| May 8, 1998 | Juliet Hollister Award | Juliet Hollister Foundation, New York | U.S.A. |
| November 25, 1997 | Paulos Mar Gregorious Award | Paulos Mar Gregorious Committee | India |
| September 11, 1997 | Doctor of International Diplomatic Science | University of Trieste, Trieste | Italy |
| June 1, 1997 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Regis university, Denver | U.S.A. |
| May 31, 1997 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Colorado, Boulder | U.S.A. |
| March 23, 1997 | Doctor of Social Sciences | National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung | Taiwan |
| March 23, 1997 | Doctor of Honoris Causa | Chu San University, Kaohsiung | Taiwan |
| July 26, 1996 | The President's Medal for Excellence | Indiana University, Bloomington | U.S.A. |
| April 5, 1995 | Doctor of Buddhist Philosophy | Rissho University, Tokyo | Japan |
| January 2, 1995 | Doctor of Letters | Nagpur University | India |
| June 4, 1994 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freedom Medal | Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | U.S.A. |
| April 27, 1994 | World Security Annual Peace Award | New York Lawyer's Alliance | U.S.A. |
| April 26, 1994 | Doctor of Humane Arts & Letters | Columbia University | U.S.A. |
| April 25, 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters | Berea College, Berea | U.S.A. |
| March 20, 1994 | Fellow of University | Hebrew University, Jerusalem | Israel |
| March 14, 1993 | International Valiant for Freedom Award | The Freedom Coalition, Melbourne | Australia |
| September 17, 1992 | Honorary Professor | Novosibirsk State University | Buriat |
| September 11, 1992 | Honorary Professor | Kalmyak State University | Kalmyk |
| June 6, 1992 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| May 5, 1992 | Doctor of Laws | University of Melbourne | Australia |
| February 16, 1992 | Doctor of Sacred Philosophy | Lafayette University, Aurora | U.S.A. |
| October 10, 1991 | Wheel of Life Award | Temple of Understanding, New York | U.S.A. |
| October 10, 1991 | United Earth prize | Klaus Nobel United Earth | U.S.A. |
| August 23, 1991 | Peace and Unity Award | National Peace Conference, Delhi | India |
| April 17, 1991 | Advancing Human Liberty Award | Freedom House, New York | U.S.A. |
| March 25, 1991 | Shiromani Award 1991 | Shiromani Institute, Delhi | India |
| April 6, 1991 | Distinguished Peace Leadership Award 91 | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation | U.S.A. |
| December 8, 1990 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Karnataka University | India |
| January 14, 1990 | Doctor of Divinity | Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath | India |
| December 10, 1989 | The Nobel Peace Prize | Norwegian Nobel Committee | Norway |
| December 4, 1989 | Prix de la Memoire | Foundation Danielle Mitterrand, Paris | France |
| September 23, 1989 | Recognition of Perseverance of Times of Adversity | World Management Council | U.S.A. |
| June 21, 1989 |
